Honda Announces the New NSX-R --- A Pure Sports Edition that Further Enhances the NSX's Superlative Performance Envelope

Tokyo, May 23, 2002 --- Honda Motor
Co., Ltd. has announced the release of the NSX-R, a pure sports edition of the
NSX with further enhanced driving performance. Since its release in 1990, the
NSX has continued to evolve, earning accolades as a true sporting machine. The
new NSX-R will go on sale Friday, May 24th at Honda Verno dealers throughout Japan.

The original NSX-R, released as a pure sports model in November 1992, enjoyed
a three-year limited production run. Now, seven years later, it is being reintroduced
in an all-new form.

The new NSX-R represents a further evolution of the painstaking weight reduction,
circuit-tuned suspension refinement, and high-precision engine balancing cultivated
in the previous-generation NSX-R. Newly developed aerodynamic devices further
enhance high-speed performance, resulting in greater driving performance and handling
stability than in its previous incarnation.

A carbon fiber hood with outlet duct, finned front under-cover, rear diffuser,
carbon fiber rear spoiler, and other innovations create a degree of negative lift
rarely seen in a street-ready car.
This downforce facilitates a quantum leap in the car's driving performance and
handling stability at high speeds.

Racecar-like responsiveness and powerful acceleration are achieved through
high-precision balancing of the crankshaft assembly --- a measure unheard of in
production engines --- along with a recalibrated final gear ratio, DBW (Drive
By Wire) electronic throttle control, and other specialized tuning.

The suspension has been hard-tuned to cope with the added downforce,
and custom-designed high-grip tires, precision custom chassis tuning, and slitted
brake disc rotors with stronger brake pads for potent stopping power have been
added, creating a level of handling performance that delivers spirited driving
pleasure on or off the circuit.

In addition to weight reduction measures inherited from the previous-generation
NSX-R, the new model employs carbon fiber aerodynamic devices formed using special
advanced technologies for even greater weight savings.

NSX-R

NSX-R --- Main Features

Negative lift for improved aerodynamic performance

Aerodynamic lift at the front of the car has been reduced to below zero through
the use of a carbon fiber hood with an air outlet duct and a finned front under-cover.